This is a bit off topic, but applies to software developers.
This is a bit off topic, but applies to software developers.
Has anyone made the transition from on-site file/web servers to the Cloud? Management for the place I work for wants to toss all of our file and web server hardware and move everything to the Cloud. We have about 30 workstations here and our Internet access consists of 5 bonded T1 lines (~7 megabits/sec), shared with our phone system. I predict grief, since we have a Gigabit Copper LAN, and funneling everything through the T1s is not going to be pretty.
How is file access handled? Do you map drives to the Cloud server or is it some sort of FTP kludge?
Has anyone made the transition from on-site file/web servers to the Cloud? Management for the place I work for wants to toss all of our file and web server hardware and move everything to the Cloud. We have about 30 workstations here and our Internet access consists of 5 bonded T1 lines (~7 megabits/sec), shared with our phone system. I predict grief, since we have a Gigabit Copper LAN, and funneling everything through the T1s is not going to be pretty.
How is file access handled? Do you map drives to the Cloud server or is it some sort of FTP kludge?
Only 3 things spring to mind immediately: Backups, QoS for the phones, and media files. Everything else tends to be peanuts in comparison once initial sync is done.
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